And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
BARBARA BUSHWell, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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I’m taking a vow not to advise.
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To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I’m the enforcer. I’m the one who writes them a letter and says ‘Shape up!’ He writes, ‘You’re marvelous.’
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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I don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.
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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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